Use Estimation to Select the Best Response

question 59

Multiple Choice

Use estimation to select the best response. Do not calculate. Which of the following is less probable?

• A) Obtaining a five at least 2 times in 3 rolls of a die
• B) Obtaining a five 2 times in 3 rolls of a die
• C) They are equally probable

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Definitions:

Systolic blood pressure

The pressure in the arteries when the heart beats and fills them with blood.

Population mean

The average of a set of characteristics or values for the entire population.

Confidence interval estimate

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, given a specified level of confidence.

Standard deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how spread out the values in a data set are.